Gary Lewis and the Playboys come crashing into The Top Ten this week with their first hit, "This Diamond Ring," while Petula Clark holds on to the #1 spot for the second week in a row with her '60's classic, "Downtown."
The Righteous Brothers creep up another notch to #2 with "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" ... while "The Name Game," "Hold What You've Got" and "All Day And All Of The Night" (up five spots to #10) all earn Top Ten bullets.
The late, great Sam Cooke's new hit "Shake" climbs from #24 to #12 ... and right behind it are Jay and the Americans with their latest, "Let's Lock The Door (And Throw Away The Key)," also up twelve spots from #25 to #13.
Major movers on the chart this week include "My Girl" by The Temptations (#47 to #19), "I Go To Pieces" by Peter and Gordon (#40 to #20), "Heart Of Stone" by The Rolling Stones (#42 to #21), "Twine Time" by Alvin Cash and the Crawlers (#45 to #23), "Tell Her No" by The Zombies (#46 to #24), "The Jolly Green Giant" by The Kingsmen (#44 to #29), "Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye)" by The Four Seasons (#60 to #35), "No Arms Could Ever Hold You" by The Bachelors (making a twelve point leap from #48 to #36), "Laugh Laugh" by The Beau Brummels (#53 to #39), "The Boy From New York City" by The Ad Libs (#69 to #45), "Lemon Tree" by Trini Lopez, making a HUGE leap from #81 to #48 and "Fancy Pants" by Al Hirt, his third hit in a row, climbing from #72 to #50.
"Red Roses For A Blue Lady" by Bert Kaempfert, "For Lovin' Me" by Peter, Paul and Mary, "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail" by Buck Owens and "Break Away" by The Newbeats also make jumps of twenty places or more
The top debut belongs to Roger Miller as "King Of The Road" premiers at #74.
